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PREDICTS STRUGGLE FOR LAND.; Englishman Sees Chance for International Politics Around Pole.

LONDON, March 9. -- Lucien Wolf, in an article in The Daily Graphic, entitled "Polar Politics," says he cannot share the enthusiasm evoked in Norwegian sporting circles over Amundsen's achievement, because of the diplomatic encounter which invariably follows the flag, even when it is planted in the bleakest solitudes, for the flag is an assertion of dominion -- a political act.

March 10, 1912

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